Autographic register



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UNITED. STATES rHInIP A. Jacxsomcr DAYTON, omo, AssIGNoR To THE naar. REGISTER. comm,

OF DAYTON, OHIO, A. CORPORATION OF OHIO.

` AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

4.application mea may 27, 192s. sriai No. 112,145.

y invention relates toV autographic registers; 1 It is the object'of my invention to provide an aut-ographic register which will align paper vsheets by positively moving aligning pins into the holes in the sheets and simultaneously spreading the ejecting rollers,the pins being adapted to ride on the top ofthe sheets until the holes in the sheets permit the de- Scent of the pins and the spreading of the` rollers'so that any length of printed forms customarily employed in autographic registers may be employed without changing the mechanism.

It is'the provide a positive means for drawing the pins into theholes in the sheets and spreading the ejecting rollers and a positive means for quickly moving the pins vertically and equally quickly clamping the sheets. In this invention it is a further, object to provide an autographic register in which the sheets are held by the ejectingrollers in av suddenly withdrawn vertically and the sheets 5 are clamped for the next writing operation with the sheets in aligned condition, all the.

above operations being'performed automati- V cally uponthe movement of the crank handle. Y

In the` accompanying drawings: Figure lis abside elevation` showing the driving gear with the cover thereon removed; Fi-gure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of v- Figure 1; Figure 3 is a top plan view of the register in closed condition;

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1 showing in detail the driving gearing in plan together with a plan view of the actuating and aligning mechanism;

Figure 5 is a section on the line 575 of Figure 6; Y

Figure 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of chief object of this invention toA Figure4 showing the `parts in the position,

they would occupy when riding on top of the sheets prior to entering the holes;

Figure 7 is a similar-section showing the A position of the parts when the pins have entered the holes and spread the rollers;

Figure 8 is a similar view with the ins justfwithdrawn from'the sheets after a igning them and the rollers reclamped, the parts being in the position they occupy during the writing operation.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 is. a

b ase plate of anautographic register having V` side walls 2 with a cover 3 pivoted thereon at 4. This cover is provided -with a writing opening 5 through which is displayed the usual form 6 on the several sheets of superimposed paper between which .interleaved carbon sheets are spaced in the usual manner. closed by a slide 7 held in place front wall 8.A

The forward end of the register is l i by a hinged .u

The register is provided with o' afdriving e handle 9 which is limited in its movement at 'each stroke by the movable stop 10 pivoted on the side wall of the register at 11. This handle 9 is mounted on an actuating shaft'1-2 whichA carries a master actuating gear 13 ried on a stub shafto 16 mounted on the side wall 2 of the register.

The larger gear 15 mesheswith a gear 17 mounted on the lower roller shaft 18 jour'- naled in the side walls of the register. This lower shaft 18 is provided with an'intermediate knurled driving roller 19 and spaced side supporting. rollers 20.A The space -between the rollers is designated 21 and is adapted to receive the aligning pins22 which are carried upon a transverse pin support designated 23.* The gear 17 on the shaft 18 meshes with a gear 24 on the upper roller ing roller 26 and spaced therefrom on either which in turn meshes with a pinion 14 which Aisfixed to alarger gear 15, both being carshaft 25 which carries a central knurled drivside lateral rollers 27. A space betweenv the rollers is provided for the movement of the] pins 22 therethrough. The shaft `25 upon which these upper rollers are mounted is supported in upstanding housings 28 forming parts of the side walls ofthe register.

The springs 29 carried in such housings yieldingly resist the upward movement of ends by the actuating linger 31 pivoted at 32 on the side Wall of the register and being provided at its inner end with a nose 33 which i-s engaged bythe lever 34 pivoted on the-side wall at 35. @n either side ofthe register will be found.similar parts 30, 31,

32, 33, 34 and 35. The lever 34 is provided with a notch 36 at its outer end which fits over a pin 37 carried on lthe vertical pin supports 38 on either side of theregister which are attached to the-cross support 23 supporting the pins 22.` The lower end of these vertical supports 38 are provided with slots 39 in which are located guide pins 40 carried by the side walls of theregister. On the lower ends of these vertical` lsupports 38 are mounted brackets 41 connected to a spring 42, the lower end of which is connected at 43 to the bottom 1 of the register'.`

The vertical support 38 is rovided with a rearwardly projecting shoulder 44 which is adapted to engage with the rear end -45 of a cam follower 46 which is mounted on the Y shaft 47.

This shaft is provided in the side wallsA of the register. The other end of the cam follower 46 is provided with a'hooked end 48. This cam follower rides upon a cam 49 turning with the shaft 12 which is directly driven by the actuating handle 9. This cam is provided with a high portion 50 and a lower portion 51. The shaft 47 has mounted thereon a helical spring 52. connected to it at 53 and tothe side wall of the register at 54. Similar cams, cam followers and overhanging shoulders 44 are provided on either side of the register. C

In order to have an independent movement for spreading the rollers irrespective of the operation of the machine, there is provided a transverse shaft 55 having cam portions 56 adapted to engage with 'the vertical'slides '30 as the shaft 55 passes .through slots 57 iri such plates. The horizontal surface 58 of the slot is adapted to engage with the cutaway cam face 56 ofthe shaft 55 when in operative position and the rollers are in enga ement with one another, but upon the rotation of the shaft by the fingerv piece 59 a the high point 'of the cam or the circular surface of the rod 55 engages' with the( at surface 58 of the slot 57 thereby elevating the supports 30 and lifting the upper rollers toispread such rollers from the lower rollers.

rascher This facilitates the insertion ofthe sheets when the machine is being adjusted and reloaded. f

Method of operation.

isstarted the shaft 12 will rotate and the 80 cams 49 will`rotate with it. The noses 48 of the cam fingers 46 will begin to ride up the incline of the low points of the cams 49, designated 51. Tn doing so, the rear ends 45 of the cam fingers 46 will descend allowing 85 the vertical support 48 for"`the pins 22 te descend until the pins 22 rest upon the surI face of the upper sheet of the several sheets being ejected by the rollers which Aare engaging with the sheets. The cams 49 con- 90 tinue to rotate beneath the noses 48 which are riding upon the high point-s of the cams, designated 50.

This continues until the pins drop into the apertures in the sheets, which they are per- 95 mitted to do by reason of the fact that the rear ends 45 of the fingers 46 have descended' to such a point as to permit the shoulders 44 to descend under the influence of the springs 42. As soon as the pins descend into the holes simultaneously this downward movement of the vertical supports 38 results in the movement of the lever-s 34 which engage with the noses 33 elevating the levers 31 which in turn 105 push upwardly the upper roller spreading the rollers so that, when the pins enter the sheets to align them, the sheets will be released from the rollers. While this aligning operation is taking place the actuating han- 11o dle 9 continues to rotate in its given cycle of operation and just before vthe handle comes to rest against the stop 1() the noses 48 dropfoff the high points of the cams into the low` points 51 being impelled to do so by 1x5 the spring 52. This spring being stronger tlian the springs 42 serves to lift the pins suddenly from the sheets of paper and siino multaneously the rollers re-clamp the sheets.

clamping of the sheets at the end of the 130.

operation to hold them in Writing position.

It will be understood that I desire to com'- prehend Within my invention such modifications as may be necessary to adapt' it to varying conditions and uses.

gagement with the holes in said sheets vwhen the holes pass beneath said aligning means and to simultaneously render said actuating means inoperative, and a common actuator for operating the said several means.

2. In an a-utographic register having a plurality of sheets with'spaced perforations therein, actuating means, aligning means, means to move said aligning means into inoperative position andto Lengage the actuatf. ing means with saidv sheets, .means to Frender 'said means inoperative during a period of the operation of handlingy the sheets, and means to move said aligning means into engagement with the holes in said sheets when the holes pass beneath said 'aligning means' and to simultaneously render said actuating means inoperative, and means to suddenly eject said aligning means from the aligned sheets and re-engage said actuating means with the sheets, and a common actuator for operating the said several means.

3. In an autographic register having a plurality of sheets with spaced perforations therein, actuating rollers, aligning pins, yielding means tending constantly tomove said pins into inoperative position and to cause said rollers to engage with said sheets, means to resist said yielding meansJ to render it inoperative during a period of the cycle of operatins of the register, a second relatively weakyielding means adapted to pull said aligning pins into engagement with the paper sheets "and into the holes thereof when thesheets pass beneath said pins and to simultaneously spread the rollers as the,

pins enter the sheets to align them, and means to permit said first mentioned yielding means to suddenly operate to eject said pins and reengage said rollers with said sheets.

4: In an autographic register having` a plurality of sheets with spaced perforations,

' upper a'nd lower ejecting rollers engaging said sheets, spaced aligning pins with transverse and vertical supports therefor, an actuating shaft, cams thereon having lowl points, cam fingers mounted adjacent thereto adapted to engage therewith, yielding means adapted to cause saidngers to engage said cams, means on said vertical supports for engaging with sa1d'cam 'fingers' at their other ends, yielding means adapted to move said supportsand' pins downwardly to cause said pins to venter the holes in saidsl1eets,'1neaiis moved thereby as said supports descend for elevating-the'upper urollerto disengage said roller from 'saidl sheets.

5. In an autographic register having a plurality of sheets with spaced perforations, upper and lower ejecting rollers engaging said sheets, spaced aligning pins with transverse Iand vertical supports therefor, an actuating shaft, cams thereon having low points, cam lingers mounted-adjacent thereto adapted to engage therewith, yielding means adapted to cause said ngers to engage saidcams, means on said vertical supports for engaging with said cam ngers at their other ends, yielding means adapted to move said supports and pins downwardly to cause said pins to enter the holes in said sheets, means moved thereby as said su ports descend for elevating theupper ro ler to disengage--fsaid roller from saidosheets, said means connecting said disengaging means for the rollers and said vertical supports consisting of a lever connected to said support at one end an-d pivoted on the register at the other, a second lever l`pi'voted on the registerI having one end engage with the disengaging 'means' and the other engage with the first mentioned lever.

`6. In an autographic register having a .rection to one of said fingers, camsmounted on the actuating shaft, an actuating shaft, said cams having allow point which communicates abruptly with the vhigh point-df the cams, means tosimultaneously drive said camsv and said rollers, yielding tmeans to press the upper roller'against the lower roller, shifting means adapted to elevate the 'upper rollers located on either side of said register, a system of levers interconnectingv nus` said vertical supports and said shift-ing` tions, and yielding means connected t0 said vertical supports to yieldingly pull said pins fand supports downwardly and to elevate said upper roller. i

7. In an autographic regi-ster having a,

plurality of sheets, with spaced perforations;

.means, whereby they move in opposite direc- .I

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means to eject sheets, means to align sheets, means to render the ejeeting means inoperative when the aligning operation takesv place, yielding means to move the aligning means into 'operative position and to render the ejecting means inoperative, a relatively stronger yielding means adapted to maintain said ejecting means in operative position, and aligningmeansin inoperative position,

Maasai l and means to neutralize the effectief the relal0 tively heavy' yielding means to allow the tive condition.

kln testimony whereof, Iafiix my signature.

PHILIP A. .Monson 

